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31 votes, 20 comments. As many know, Licence to Kill was originally titled Licence Revoked, and was changed somewhat late in the process (as we know…
This was changed after research in the American market confirmed that ‘Licence Revoked’ was a common phrase suggesting the withdrawal of a driving licence. The idea that most American consumers did not know the meaning of the word ‘revoked’ appears to be an urban myth originating in British newspapers. Jim Smith: Bond Films.
Budget. $32 million. Box office. $156.1 million. Licence to Kill is a 1989 spy film, the sixteenth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, and the second and final film to star Timothy Dalton as the MI6 agent James Bond. In the film, Bond resigns from MI6 in order to take revenge against the drug lord Franz Sanchez, who ordered an ...
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TIL that the James Bond film "License to Kill" was originally titled "License Revoked", but was changed after American test audiences thought the title referred to Bond's driver's license instead of his license to kill from MI6.
This movie did it first, but with a helicopter pulling a plane. And with a Triumphant Reprise of the Bond theme (called "License Revoked" on the soundtrack) as the cherry on the cake. The crowner is Felix and James parachuting down directly down to Felix's wedding - leading to a wedding where the groom's outfit has a longer train than the bride's.
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Licence to Kill is a 1989 action-thriller film, the sixteenth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, and the second and final film to star Timothy Dalton as the MI6 agent James Bond. It sees Bond suspended from MI6 as he pursues the drug lord Franz Sanchez, who has ordered an attack against Bond's CIA friend Felix Leiter and the murder of Felix's wife after their wedding.
